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they are speaking as one with john boehner. so that's, i think, the big difference is that boehner, cantor, mccarthy, throw paul ryan in there, this is a quartet that is moving as one, negotiating as one. there's no, none of this looking over the shoulder. on the leadership side, it's a much different story. yes, it really depends on how you want to try to view it. can you find more rank-and-file conservative republicans who are sort of not in the circle? yes. to complain. but there's no -- there's no alternative. >> bob, you, yesterday, shadowed grover norquist for quite some time. you went to the meeting, his wednesday meeting. >> that's right. >> he has all the time with some of the most powerful conservatives in d.c. and across the country attending. what was their attitude about any deal that boehner might have to make? >> it's pretty interesting when you talk to house republicans because they look at boehner from two different perspectives. on one side, boehner went in front of the house conference and he said, i'm not go
they are speaking as one with john boehner. so that's, i think, the big difference is that boehner, cantor, mccarthy, throw paul ryan in there, this is a quartet that is moving as one, negotiating as one. there's no, none of this looking over the shoulder. on the leadership side, it's a much different story. yes, it really depends on how you want to try to view it. can you find more rank-and-file conservative republicans who are sort of not in the circle? yes. to complain. but there's no --...
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john boehner is trying to do a deal? eric now lives in a state that has gone democratic two times in a row. >> i don't want to sound pessimistic because i want to agree with tom but what about the opposite of what he is saying is true, what if there's a certain entrenchment, more politics and that view what's prevailed. the tea party sentiment is not going away, it speaks to the choice eric cantor represents and that he has to make and boehner has to negotiate as speaker of the house. that insurgency could continue. ted ted cruise is now senator-elect with tea party support. we have something of a status quo election. the this is where leadership matters. what did the president say last night? i'm going to work with both sides in a meaningful way. i want romney -- i want to meet with romney and see how we can work together. that's the tone. >> that is the tone and i will say you look at the candidates who have won and lost last night, the fact a lot of house republicans, john boehner being speaker again, i don't know tha
john boehner is trying to do a deal? eric now lives in a state that has gone democratic two times in a row. >> i don't want to sound pessimistic because i want to agree with tom but what about the opposite of what he is saying is true, what if there's a certain entrenchment, more politics and that view what's prevailed. the tea party sentiment is not going away, it speaks to the choice eric cantor represents and that he has to make and boehner has to negotiate as speaker of the house....
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john boehner's got to make a decision. is he going to put a majority of members on an agreement, democrats and republicans together, or will he bring nothing to the floor unless he has a majority of republicans? if it's the latter, it's going to be harder to get to a deal. he can take 150 democrats and 75 or 80 or 90 republicans and get a deal more quickly than he can take a majority of his caucus. and that's really his role in leadership, what's he going to do there. i heard you talking about the "lincoln" movie a while ago. that's the kind of leadership speaker boehner will need to show, and i think he eventually will. it's less a fiscal cliff than it is a slide or an incline plane or whatever. but i think that, you know, soon after the 1st, if we haven't done it by then when all the tax rates go and all the changes happen, we get serious and something happens, and i think speaker boehner will be part of it. that's why i'm generally optimistic within the next month if not within the next few weeks. >> i hope so. senator
john boehner's got to make a decision. is he going to put a majority of members on an agreement, democrats and republicans together, or will he bring nothing to the floor unless he has a majority of republicans? if it's the latter, it's going to be harder to get to a deal. he can take 150 democrats and 75 or 80 or 90 republicans and get a deal more quickly than he can take a majority of his caucus. and that's really his role in leadership, what's he going to do there. i heard you talking about...
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the quotes you had from obama and boehner went on last year. the grave difficulty is that we're back in the soup again. in a couple of months, congress is going to have to reauthorize the government to go out and borrow money. we're spending $1 trillion each year more than is taken in. so this is a never-ending crisis, and simple bottom line is, they have not found a way to put the government's financial house in order, and not doing that could generate a problem that would affect everyone in this country. the deadlock continues, unfortunately. >> bob, you know it's fascinating reading this book. you basically turned to conventional wisdom of a lot of people in the mainstream media this is all the republicans' fault on its head. and i go back and i look particularly at a quote from eric cantor early on. and what cantor said early on in the obama presidency is what republicans were whispering when it looked like there was going to be some bipartisanship early on. and cantor's quote here is, "whew, he said after meeting president obama for the fi
the quotes you had from obama and boehner went on last year. the grave difficulty is that we're back in the soup again. in a couple of months, congress is going to have to reauthorize the government to go out and borrow money. we're spending $1 trillion each year more than is taken in. so this is a never-ending crisis, and simple bottom line is, they have not found a way to put the government's financial house in order, and not doing that could generate a problem that would affect everyone in...
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however, in talks with boehner, he did say he'd raise the beneficiary age, which is a beneficiary cut. >> it's a little boring. i'll read the document in which the president says to boehner, which he sent down from the white house last year, saying we will make beneficiary cuts. i asked the president about this in the interview, and he said there will be some beneficiary cuts. so, you know, there is a difference, but it's -- you know, this is the agony in all of this. why aren't we talking about it in the presidential campaign? why aren't we -- why are we having these sound bites and this denial? why don't we get down and talk about the real -- hopefully tonight they will. >> it should be fascinating tonight. i can't imagine that they get around being asked directly about specifics. and i can't imagine them getting around being asked to tell the truth. >> you know, let ushope, though, mark mckinnon that tonight, obviously a lot of people that are -- that run these debates, most people in the media watch this show in the morning. let's hope they're listening to bob right now. i'm sure
however, in talks with boehner, he did say he'd raise the beneficiary age, which is a beneficiary cut. >> it's a little boring. i'll read the document in which the president says to boehner, which he sent down from the white house last year, saying we will make beneficiary cuts. i asked the president about this in the interview, and he said there will be some beneficiary cuts. so, you know, there is a difference, but it's -- you know, this is the agony in all of this. why aren't we...
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for boehner, he wants a deal. i do want to comment a second on the interview you had with paul ryan. ryan might not think that there is a mandate, but the president does, congressional democrats do, and the public does, if you look at polling. and there's zero chance that the president is going to compromise on this, which is why i think there's a decent chance all the tax cuts go away at the end of the year. the president put down a marker yesterday saying $1.6 trillion in total revenue that he wants to raise. i don't think that's the real number. i think that's a negotiated number. but you know the floor is $800 billion because that's what he had last year when he had a much weaker hand. so the number falls in between 800 and $1.6 trillion. you can't get to that number by just closing loopholes. there's no way congress is going to get rid of the charitable tax deduction. there's no way that we're going to change the dynamics in the housing market when the housing market is starting to recover by getting rid of t
for boehner, he wants a deal. i do want to comment a second on the interview you had with paul ryan. ryan might not think that there is a mandate, but the president does, congressional democrats do, and the public does, if you look at polling. and there's zero chance that the president is going to compromise on this, which is why i think there's a decent chance all the tax cuts go away at the end of the year. the president put down a marker yesterday saying $1.6 trillion in total revenue that...
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so, steve schmidt, john boehner says we are going to have another showdown. like deja vu all over again. >> here we go again. >> he is talking in front of the peterson foundation, and says the next time the debt ceiling comes up, they're not going to raise taxes. and they are going to shut down the government, if it's required. listen, this is john boehner last night. >> when the time comes, i will again insist on my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt limit increase. this is the only avenue i see right now to force the elected leadership of this country to solve our structural fiscal imbalance. we can make the bold reforms and cuts necessary to meet this principle. and i believe that we must. so just so we're all clear, i'm talking about real cuts, and real reforms. not tricks and gimmicks that have given washington a pass on grappling with the spending problem. >> american people have had enough of this brinksmanship. they want us to get things done. and it's pretty clear to me that the tea party direction of the republican party is d
so, steve schmidt, john boehner says we are going to have another showdown. like deja vu all over again. >> here we go again. >> he is talking in front of the peterson foundation, and says the next time the debt ceiling comes up, they're not going to raise taxes. and they are going to shut down the government, if it's required. listen, this is john boehner last night. >> when the time comes, i will again insist on my simple principle of cuts and reforms greater than the debt...
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john boehner didn't want to move that bill. romney came out in support of it, boehner scheduled a vote. there are a lot of house democrats that are not really enamored with the president, but i think they've been coming together, they know what's at stake. but i think the coordination between romney and congressional republicans is fairly strong. >> they're actually closer. isn't that fascinating? >> isn't it? it is. >> you go to the hill and talk to democrats, as we do an awful lot on the hill, there seems to be a real frustration with the obama white house. how many times, mika, did we hear in all the meetings we had over the past year of democrats saying, they don't get it. >> yeah. >> there was one democrat i talked to privately who said, i can't stand them. this is a democrat talking about the president. he just doesn't call them. >> he doesn't. and the only reason we bring that up is, like you said, the coordination is so critical. bill clinton -- >> a lot of disconnects. >> but i think earlier to your three ms, that mana
john boehner didn't want to move that bill. romney came out in support of it, boehner scheduled a vote. there are a lot of house democrats that are not really enamored with the president, but i think they've been coming together, they know what's at stake. but i think the coordination between romney and congressional republicans is fairly strong. >> they're actually closer. isn't that fascinating? >> isn't it? it is. >> you go to the hill and talk to democrats, as we do an...
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that's being edited by the right by speaker boehner calling it an attack. >> should we call tim kaine and let him know that? should we ask tim kaine and john larson and all these democrats and tell them they're wrong, and senator manchin. should we tell the "usa today" editorial page? this isn't the republican party. this isn't some right-wing jihad against the white house. >> my question, sam, is and michael, actually, both of you, all of you. weren't policies like this in place during the bush administration? and i didn't see republicans shocked and appalled at the attack by the federal government. is this like the debt and spending where it's only bad when they're not the ones doing it or they're not the ones in power? is this just kind of that -- >> it was in place in certain states, but not by the bush administration itself. >> well, they should have been fighting it because it's so shocking and such an attack. this should have been a war. >> well, i think, you know, the problem here is not -- and i might be wrong, i'm jewish, i'm not a catholic. i think the problem here is not t
that's being edited by the right by speaker boehner calling it an attack. >> should we call tim kaine and let him know that? should we ask tim kaine and john larson and all these democrats and tell them they're wrong, and senator manchin. should we tell the "usa today" editorial page? this isn't the republican party. this isn't some right-wing jihad against the white house. >> my question, sam, is and michael, actually, both of you, all of you. weren't policies like this...
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, speaker boehner, pretty good guy. you can get a deal done with him. but you can't get a deal done with him or anyone else in the leadership because of the aforementioned, many of them, the newly elected republicans. >> we can't feel too sorry for john boehner because he couldn't be speaker but for the fact these guys came into town. he has an expression, boehner does, and that's if you say follow me and start walking and no one is following you, you're not leading. you're just walking. he's had to calibrate his leadership positions tailored to the fact that a lot of these guys are rebels. there's a moment in the book where the big guys on the appropriations committee chew out boehner and say, you're not punishing these guys for voting the wrong way. you should strip them of their committee assignments, take them off congressional delegation list, and boehner says i can't do that. it would make martyrs out of them. and that is the reality now that there are no more ear marks and right wing blogospheres to monitor every
, speaker boehner, pretty good guy. you can get a deal done with him. but you can't get a deal done with him or anyone else in the leadership because of the aforementioned, many of them, the newly elected republicans. >> we can't feel too sorry for john boehner because he couldn't be speaker but for the fact these guys came into town. he has an expression, boehner does, and that's if you say follow me and start walking and no one is following you, you're not leading. you're just walking....
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john boehner doesn't have that authority. he's the tail being wagged by the tea party dog. >> is that the weakness of boehner or the strength of the tea party? >> it's both. the dynamics of the republican party at this point in time. >> also some of the independent players unlike the days of tip o'neal. you can raise all the money you need online. if you are michele bachmann, she raised like $12 million online. >> who was the eric kantor of tip o'neal? there wasn't one. he was in charge and nobody conspired to stab stab him in the back. they used the revolt against the party in general. nothing like that. they could make a deal and reagan could make a deal and be sure the republicans could come after him. >> compare barack obama to bill clinton, a topic that you know a great deal about. you are writing a book about president clinton. compare the two reactions to terrible political setbacks? >> they are similar in a lot of ways. in the lame duck session, i don't know that you would compare what obama did in the lame duck to al
john boehner doesn't have that authority. he's the tail being wagged by the tea party dog. >> is that the weakness of boehner or the strength of the tea party? >> it's both. the dynamics of the republican party at this point in time. >> also some of the independent players unlike the days of tip o'neal. you can raise all the money you need online. if you are michele bachmann, she raised like $12 million online. >> who was the eric kantor of tip o'neal? there wasn't one....
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and i'll tell you my view, both boehner and mcconnell have a foot in each camp, hard right, mine stream, that's what they should do, they're leaders. >> you keep saying hard right. paul ryan's not hard right. ryan is telling the truth about a medicare and medicaid social security system that's going bankrupt and you know it. >> yeah, but what paul ryan does with that money doesn't put it into deficit reduction which you've been arguing for. he puts it all into tax cuts for the wealthy. >> well, the president didn't put $716 billion that he took out of medicare into deficit reduction. he put it into obamacare. isn't that just as reckless? >> no. because the president had -- we were dealing with health care at the time. the president will put significant medicare savings and tax savings, revenue increases, into deficit reduction. the hard right -- and i believe paul ryan is part of that hard right -- i think you've given him a pass. >> i disagree. >> i know you do. but his budget does not reduce the deficit for 40 years and takes almost all the medicare money that he saves under his plan,
and i'll tell you my view, both boehner and mcconnell have a foot in each camp, hard right, mine stream, that's what they should do, they're leaders. >> you keep saying hard right. paul ryan's not hard right. ryan is telling the truth about a medicare and medicaid social security system that's going bankrupt and you know it. >> yeah, but what paul ryan does with that money doesn't put it into deficit reduction which you've been arguing for. he puts it all into tax cuts for the...
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here's our clip from speaker boehner. at the end of last week, after the decision was announced, i mean the nation seemed torn between two sides. couldn't figure out where they were going, okay. so the question this morning is, based on that decision that was announced, it's in all the papers, what happened with tom cruise and katie holmes? >> exactly. >> what do you think? >> contract was up. five years, merely around to the date. >> you really think it was a contractual deal. >> oh, yeah. i know my e-mail will be hacked. >> i was crushed. i wasç crushed. i was surprised. >> a lot of us were. >> in my mind, in my mind i have that memory, that fleeting memory of love as we saw it on the couch. do we have that clip? look it. how could this end? he loved her. >> i'll reveal a little thing. you and i wept together over the weekend. >> what did you say to me? >> mike, it's not your life. it doesn't mean your marriage is not working. don't own it. >> said to you the next thing we know travolta is out of the house. but anyway
here's our clip from speaker boehner. at the end of last week, after the decision was announced, i mean the nation seemed torn between two sides. couldn't figure out where they were going, okay. so the question this morning is, based on that decision that was announced, it's in all the papers, what happened with tom cruise and katie holmes? >> exactly. >> what do you think? >> contract was up. five years, merely around to the date. >> you really think it was a...
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i think cantor and boehner and those guys got to him. and the next day he was all for the blunt amendment. he had chance to carve out some relationship with women by saying the blunt amendment is abusive, and i'm against. and e crves going to do, vote for barack obama? he had so many chances during the campaign to carve out his own identity, which i think is closer to the real mitt romney. >> mark halperin? >> two events here in the city, at the glol initiative, talke about amerse the world, then he did an education nation interview with brian, very good. showed the fact that he's a policy guy, that heares about issues. but that mitt romney does t get veryuch attention. and he doesn't put it on display very often. omsfighr.now- the thi heas he has to have people like joe scarborough look at him every day on the trail, every day, every event and say, he's fighting for the party. he's fhting for the country. he's fighting to turn the country around. i don't see that. but if he doesn't bome tt e tbas ghe first debate and i be very hard to k
i think cantor and boehner and those guys got to him. and the next day he was all for the blunt amendment. he had chance to carve out some relationship with women by saying the blunt amendment is abusive, and i'm against. and e crves going to do, vote for barack obama? he had so many chances during the campaign to carve out his own identity, which i think is closer to the real mitt romney. >> mark halperin? >> two events here in the city, at the glol initiative, talke about amerse...
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>> well, one of the great underlying questions is how much control boehner's always had over the tea party faction of his caucus. and what you saw in late december, is a huge chunk wanted to basically do brinksmanship if not blow through the deadline. i'm curious of what mike's hearing, but the control boehner's exerting over that faction has to be in terms of the hit to popularity at that time. and i'm wondering why it is he's essentially able to have more control now when the stakes are basically identical. you're having the expiration of payroll tax cut, people are still upset that it dips from the social security fund and upset it costs that much money. >> well, sam, you put your finger right on it. and that is they saw the terrible price they were paying for this, even the tea party members could see the price they were paying. that when you're in power, whether you're president obama, whether you're speaker boehner, or the mouhouse majority of republicans and washington is not working if washington is frozen. it's bad for you and they saw that going into the november elections.
>> well, one of the great underlying questions is how much control boehner's always had over the tea party faction of his caucus. and what you saw in late december, is a huge chunk wanted to basically do brinksmanship if not blow through the deadline. i'm curious of what mike's hearing, but the control boehner's exerting over that faction has to be in terms of the hit to popularity at that time. and i'm wondering why it is he's essentially able to have more control now when the stakes are...
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remember, boehner over the weekend started this idea above a million dollars. it's a little bit of back and forthright now. you guys were talking earlier in the show on gun control, in this environment there's a tremendous amount of pressure for both parties to show they can work together and get something done. you clearly see that happening with boehner and obama and does feel like the trajectory is headed towards a pre-christmas deal and set the stage for a very lively debate for gun control and immigration early next year. for your gun control debate, i wouldn't assume the power of the nra means this debate will be very difficult for president obama and folks who want to do something on gun laws to win. if you remember, there's been no debate in congress for almost a decade now about gun control, largely because there was conventional wisdom, you just can't touch those issues. no one touched them because they felt it hurt politicians in 2000, hurt politicians in 1994. the environment, as you guys have been speaking to the last two days is radically differen
remember, boehner over the weekend started this idea above a million dollars. it's a little bit of back and forthright now. you guys were talking earlier in the show on gun control, in this environment there's a tremendous amount of pressure for both parties to show they can work together and get something done. you clearly see that happening with boehner and obama and does feel like the trajectory is headed towards a pre-christmas deal and set the stage for a very lively debate for gun control...
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boehner had agreed to $800 billion. it's not hard to find $1.2 trillion as a kind of middle ground to that. then you want to have $4 trillion of total deficit reduction, so that leaves $2.8 trillion of spending reductions that have to happen. here's what people miss. we can avoid going over the cliff with the stroke of a pen. they can just extend all this stuff and kick the can down the road. the real question is are we going to have a big deal? are we going to agree on the major spending restraints that we need as well as the tax stuff in order to actually get the deficit under control? and i think the betting on that is less than 50%. i think we have a great shot at it. but it's going to be really, really hard. >> is that the view from wall street, too? they're not totally confident that this is going to happen? >> what you see in the stock market at the moment is that wall street is not totally confident. that's for sure. >> all right. steve, thanks so much. >> pleasure. >>> coming up, independent senator-elect of ma
boehner had agreed to $800 billion. it's not hard to find $1.2 trillion as a kind of middle ground to that. then you want to have $4 trillion of total deficit reduction, so that leaves $2.8 trillion of spending reductions that have to happen. here's what people miss. we can avoid going over the cliff with the stroke of a pen. they can just extend all this stuff and kick the can down the road. the real question is are we going to have a big deal? are we going to agree on the major spending...
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and if you're john boehner or mitch mcconnell and still in the minority, you can say yeah, you won, but with a weak candidate, and we still have our house majority, and we still can block things in the senate. it's going to be very difficult for either of these guys, given the campaigns they're running, to be a strong enough president to send a signal to the markets, to send a signal to the american people in a lame-duck session or in january, yeah, i won so now we're going to do things my way and deal with all the complexity of the fiscal cliff, taxes and spending and revenue and medium and short-term deficit reduction. >> so this isn't a show about nothing. you disagree, obviously, ideologically on many levels with the president's position on the issues. what should mitt romney be saying? what is it that he's not saying that is frustrating you the most this morning, that is making it very hard to cover the story without just throwing your hands in the air and saying, come on. they're both not saying anything. what should he be saying that would make him -- >> i've said it repeatedly.
and if you're john boehner or mitch mcconnell and still in the minority, you can say yeah, you won, but with a weak candidate, and we still have our house majority, and we still can block things in the senate. it's going to be very difficult for either of these guys, given the campaigns they're running, to be a strong enough president to send a signal to the markets, to send a signal to the american people in a lame-duck session or in january, yeah, i won so now we're going to do things my way...
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ryan was, you know, speaker boehner was sort of kind about ryan but doesn't throw his arms around the budget. >> right. >> and ryan himself dissented from simpson-bowles. there's a lot of daylight between these camps. the question is, can we get to a place where the camps are actually debating something important or is it going to become demagogic be immediately? >> paul ryan's budget balance the budget when. >> when willie's kids are graduating from -- >> clarifying that. >> 2040. >> and the reason why is, because deficits have gone up, we've had trillio dollar deficits for the past four years. barack obama is, you know, i attack george bush for eight years for spending too much, barack obama in four years is probably going to catch up with george w. bush. $5 trillion added to the national debt over the past four years. let's have a debate on the debt. >> and tax policy is a huge part of this. we've talked ability medicare but the question of, do you reform the tax code, do you eliminate deductions? the ryan plan does a lot with mortgage interest, that sort of thing. these are fundam
ryan was, you know, speaker boehner was sort of kind about ryan but doesn't throw his arms around the budget. >> right. >> and ryan himself dissented from simpson-bowles. there's a lot of daylight between these camps. the question is, can we get to a place where the camps are actually debating something important or is it going to become demagogic be immediately? >> paul ryan's budget balance the budget when. >> when willie's kids are graduating from -- >>...
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and it turned out that boehner couldn't deliver the house republicans. but you know, there are, let me just repeat, there are a lot of people out there right now who are saying, this is fine in the abstract. but i can't afford to pay more for my health care right now. i can't afford to pay more into social security or to get less out of it. i can't afford it. >> final thoughts, jeffrey? >> mark mckinnon is right, the public wants tax increases on the rich and they want health care costs coming down and the president is better positioned on that with these modest steps than republican side that says no on the taxes and so i think politically, this is an effective document that is cornering the republicans on a more extreme position. >> the ryan plan didn't have additional revenues, we need renegotiate the social insurance contract. we need comprehensive tax reform that will generate more revenues, it's about three to one spending to revenues. >> the public has not focused on the details of ryan's medicare plan. when it does, it's not going to be a good da
and it turned out that boehner couldn't deliver the house republicans. but you know, there are, let me just repeat, there are a lot of people out there right now who are saying, this is fine in the abstract. but i can't afford to pay more for my health care right now. i can't afford to pay more into social security or to get less out of it. i can't afford it. >> final thoughts, jeffrey? >> mark mckinnon is right, the public wants tax increases on the rich and they want health care...
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we heard words from john boehner. we'll see if it's followed by action. we're talking about we're ready to sit down and make a deal. we'll follow your lead, mr. president. we want to bring in mike allen down in "politico's" newsroom. good morning. >> good morning, guys. >> there have been a lot of grand claims and proclamations over the past 36 hours. the republican party's dead. they can't recover. they've lost latinos forever. texas is a swing state now. put it in a little perspective for us. how bad are things at this moment? >> well, republicans recognize that things are really bad, as we've heard from the conversation here. they think that it's in freefall, and there's so many different parts that all have problems. you've talked about the demographic problems, this problem with the donors who gave a billion dollars, the outside group structure is clearly broken. >> that didn't work well. >> no, and i'll tell that you donors are angry about it. and somebody told me yesterday, donors -- and joe, you'll appreciate this -- donors are scorekeepers. and f
we heard words from john boehner. we'll see if it's followed by action. we're talking about we're ready to sit down and make a deal. we'll follow your lead, mr. president. we want to bring in mike allen down in "politico's" newsroom. good morning. >> good morning, guys. >> there have been a lot of grand claims and proclamations over the past 36 hours. the republican party's dead. they can't recover. they've lost latinos forever. texas is a swing state now. put it in a...
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we caned to the grand bargain between obama and boehner. we were there and then all of a sudden we weren't. >> we're going to find out this year whether this can happen because we have the fiscal cliff coming. we'll try to get sim some-bowles in place and i think it's going to be an ventful yearnd i think this will happen. >> joe, can you think how this will play out? >> i i can actually envision you us being responsible as it comes to the physical fiscal crisis, more so than the professor that everyone's talking about. unfortunately because it's much more complicated. i've got to see, you talked to some of the technical leaders out in sill i con valle-- silli valley. one of their greatest fractions is they don't have enough workers to take those high paying jobs. there's a political battle in washington, d.c. that doesn't allow us to keep the best and brightest in the world here in america. somebody asked me why we should allow graduate students to stay in america. and i said because i would rather that graduate student that is going to cr
we caned to the grand bargain between obama and boehner. we were there and then all of a sudden we weren't. >> we're going to find out this year whether this can happen because we have the fiscal cliff coming. we'll try to get sim some-bowles in place and i think it's going to be an ventful yearnd i think this will happen. >> joe, can you think how this will play out? >> i i can actually envision you us being responsible as it comes to the physical fiscal crisis, more so than...
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speaker boehner's priority, keep a house republican majority. he's more oriented to firing up conservatives who will turn out in his republican house districts where mitt romney will be focused on the middle. now, the significance of yesterday's event is it's another sign that conservatives are accepting not embracing, but accepting mitt romney as one of them. so, as we talked to the most conservative conservatives in the country, they're still not wild about mitt. i don't think they ever will be. but there's not this sort of peanut gallery or drag against him that we thought there might be. so mitt romney heads into the summer, with conservatives behind him. >> what are the perils for mitt romney on the other side? he's had already the ryan/romney budget, the ryan/romney wing of the republican party strung around his neck. he wants to distance himself a little bit and play to the middle. >> that's a good point. he's going to keep hearing that, the obama campaign was thrilled to see them -- two of them together. they did take that picture. they
speaker boehner's priority, keep a house republican majority. he's more oriented to firing up conservatives who will turn out in his republican house districts where mitt romney will be focused on the middle. now, the significance of yesterday's event is it's another sign that conservatives are accepting not embracing, but accepting mitt romney as one of them. so, as we talked to the most conservative conservatives in the country, they're still not wild about mitt. i don't think they ever will...
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bipartisan recommendations of his fiscal commission to wither and die and that he and speaker john boehner failed to seal a fiscal deal in the summer of 2011. mr. obama alienated congress and business leaders by isolating himself inside a tight white house circle that manages to be both arrogant and thin-skinned. but economic headwinds and an uncompromising opposition explain some of these failures and render that much more impressive the substantial accomplishments of mr. obama's first term." well, that's one way of endorsing a president. >> wes, what do you think? >> well, you know, it's interesting because it actually has -- if you read on in the editorial, in the endorsement, it actually has a lot of shades of colin powell's endorsement. where basically he talks about it's not even so much about -- people understand the challenges the president faces, but it's not just about mitt romney entering the white house. it's the entire team and the entire establishment that mr. romney would then bring into the white house. and so how exactly when you think about the challenges that the country
bipartisan recommendations of his fiscal commission to wither and die and that he and speaker john boehner failed to seal a fiscal deal in the summer of 2011. mr. obama alienated congress and business leaders by isolating himself inside a tight white house circle that manages to be both arrogant and thin-skinned. but economic headwinds and an uncompromising opposition explain some of these failures and render that much more impressive the substantial accomplishments of mr. obama's first...
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. >>> speaker john boehner warns republicans have a one in three chance of losing control of the house in november. >> is he a bookie now? >> 89 republicans will be running for re-election. >>> wall street journal net flicks is trying to recover from what angered their customers. the growth failed to impress investors. shares down 17% in after hours trading. >> that's rough. netflix ceo made a big mistake. >> do you have any stories from san francisco? >> sure. >> i love the city by the bay. >> a soccer ball that drifted ashore in alaska is among the first pieces of debris to arrive from last year's tsunami in japan. a japanese teenager whose name was written on the ball has been contacted and is expected to receive it back in the mail. >> how is san francisco doing? >> it's great. >> have y'all been out there lately? >> fabulous city. >> one of the best two or three. >> it's been one of my favorite two or three cities. i went there three or four years ago. a great ballpark. there were concerns there. the ballpark, a great team. >> great team. >> it's very hilly. >> i noticed that, too
. >>> speaker john boehner warns republicans have a one in three chance of losing control of the house in november. >> is he a bookie now? >> 89 republicans will be running for re-election. >>> wall street journal net flicks is trying to recover from what angered their customers. the growth failed to impress investors. shares down 17% in after hours trading. >> that's rough. netflix ceo made a big mistake. >> do you have any stories from san francisco?...
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but i guess the question i would have just beyond it slightly is john boehner was quoted over the weekend saying it would be very hard to achieve a short-term deal, let alone a long-term deal during a lame duck. i guess my next follow-up question is how do you plan to bring this group together? would you be willing to vote -- would you be willing to cobble together a group of some republicans and some democrats? when we were in congress, clinton won some democrats, some republicans. the question is are you willing to build that bipartisan coalition and get it done? >> and that's what he talked about at the debate that yes, he is willing to do it. in fact, unlike president obama, before he kept the white house, mitt romney was governor, he had to work with a legislature that was 97% democrat. >> the one memorable line -- there were very few from obama in the debate, when he was talking about bipartisanship and saying it's tough to get them to the table because a lot of democrats like obamacare. that's a valid point. romney's first day includes sweeping back a lot of what obama did. >> let'
but i guess the question i would have just beyond it slightly is john boehner was quoted over the weekend saying it would be very hard to achieve a short-term deal, let alone a long-term deal during a lame duck. i guess my next follow-up question is how do you plan to bring this group together? would you be willing to vote -- would you be willing to cobble together a group of some republicans and some democrats? when we were in congress, clinton won some democrats, some republicans. the...
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and the house speaker, john boehner, i think has been in a tough spot because when it sequester very first came up around last august during the debt ceiling deal, boehner sort of said, if the super committee fails, that of course was the group of 12 lawmakers that failed to reach agreement in november, if they didn't come up with an agreement he would feel morally bound to abide by this cut. in the past couple of months he has changed his tune and said we must not let this go through. but to answer the question about november, i don't see anything or hear anything from people on the hill suggesting there will actually be some kind of bipartisan meeting of leaders to move this forward. i think this is something that's going to happen along with taxmagetton and the other things that will be in the lame duck session this fall. >> real quickly, do you think that there's room for compromise or do you agree with felicia on the date line that's projected? >> i think that's pretty much spot on. >> all right. sean sullivan -- sean, what a brief, good answer. i like that. >> have to be brief
and the house speaker, john boehner, i think has been in a tough spot because when it sequester very first came up around last august during the debt ceiling deal, boehner sort of said, if the super committee fails, that of course was the group of 12 lawmakers that failed to reach agreement in november, if they didn't come up with an agreement he would feel morally bound to abide by this cut. in the past couple of months he has changed his tune and said we must not let this go through. but to...
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boehner accepted it. then boehner went back, and we all know what happened. cantor and the right guys said, you can't do this. but here's the bigger problem. joe. and nobody understands this better than you do. mitt romney -- >> well, that's not a good sign for america, but go ahead. >> well, there's a very humble -- that's a big moment on this show. >> it's a big moment in my life, but go ahead. >> i think it's your overnight flight talking. >> oh, my gosh. for sure. >> can i just say this. mitt romney in the first debate and again has doubled down on the notion that he is going to do no revenue. in the first debate, he not only said i won't take 10-1. he said i'm not going to do any revenue. the thing that stopped the deal on the super committee was the fear of grover norquist's pledge and the right that would come with primaries, and you know all that stuff. >> right. >> mitt romney has signed that pledge, folks. you've got a candidate for the presidency of the united states who is actually promising america four more years of gridlock because either he's
boehner accepted it. then boehner went back, and we all know what happened. cantor and the right guys said, you can't do this. but here's the bigger problem. joe. and nobody understands this better than you do. mitt romney -- >> well, that's not a good sign for america, but go ahead. >> well, there's a very humble -- that's a big moment on this show. >> it's a big moment in my life, but go ahead. >> i think it's your overnight flight talking. >> oh, my gosh. for...
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and boehner would be well put not to try to cut a deal with obama but instead to say paul ryan's going to bring a solution to the fix, we're going to gather votes for it. i guarantee you, you'll get the right to have a democratic substitute. and if you can get enough republicans to vote for it, terrific. but they do not have an obligation to concede that the only mandate in washington is the president's. >> you're talking about chains hiring people for 29 hours. i'm hearing that from small business owners across pensacola. >> yeah. >> my own district. on election night i got three different e-mails from small business owners going it's sad -- and i said this on the air a couple days ago. they said i'm going to have to put these people on for less than 30 hours and i'm going to lose my best people. i can choose to do that or fire six, seven people because my margins are so small i'm fighting to keep my business open. >> you track the number of layoffs and closures in the first week since the election, it's sobering. and part of the reason we wrote "victory of yorktown" is say to people,
and boehner would be well put not to try to cut a deal with obama but instead to say paul ryan's going to bring a solution to the fix, we're going to gather votes for it. i guarantee you, you'll get the right to have a democratic substitute. and if you can get enough republicans to vote for it, terrific. but they do not have an obligation to concede that the only mandate in washington is the president's. >> you're talking about chains hiring people for 29 hours. i'm hearing that from...
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he had dinner with speaker boehner whose super pac he gave $5 million to. he had a meeting with the number two house republican, eric cantor, who he also gave $5 million to, spreading the wealth. >> we are all looking at how gross this is, right? like you guys get this? >> you think it doesn't have an impact on middle east policy? >> it's totally gross. >> it's a drop in the bucket for him. i think he's worth, what, $21 billion? this is what you can do. what's surprising to me is he doesn't do it in secret. he could give money to groups where they don't have to reveal their donors. >> but then he wouldn't have a sign of suck-ups outside his door which he must like a lot. >> and the other thing that i loved about the interview that mike did was he had one complaint about george w. bush and that he ran out of potato latkes when he had him over for dinner. it made me love the guy. >> when you make that amount of money, you complain about the free food. >> you think for $10 million, you should get a third potato latk latke. >> it's corrupt. >> the really surpri
he had dinner with speaker boehner whose super pac he gave $5 million to. he had a meeting with the number two house republican, eric cantor, who he also gave $5 million to, spreading the wealth. >> we are all looking at how gross this is, right? like you guys get this? >> you think it doesn't have an impact on middle east policy? >> it's totally gross. >> it's a drop in the bucket for him. i think he's worth, what, $21 billion? this is what you can do. what's surprising...
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this is what the attacks on boehner are really about, what kind of person romney is. it's about character, whether he feels the pain of average folks and seen as callous and greedy. it's another in the seemingly endless litany of depictions of romney as an out of touch rich guy. romney has tried to engage the bayne critique on this level issuing a video for out of work americans and telling more stories about regular people on the campaign trail. he hasn't done an effective job fepding off the bayne critique, and maybe this is why. the idea he lacks empathy becomes so deeply embedded it's impossible to shake. >> yesterday joe biden was certainly striking that familiar chord. you look at biden talking, and then you look at mitt romney, and it's obvious will that one guy is connected with working class americans and the other one -- i'm not knocking romney. he is what he is. the other guy has a tin ear on a lot of issues. >> yeah. look, there's more than just the character question here. i think part of that character thing that the obama campaign wants to get at is wha
this is what the attacks on boehner are really about, what kind of person romney is. it's about character, whether he feels the pain of average folks and seen as callous and greedy. it's another in the seemingly endless litany of depictions of romney as an out of touch rich guy. romney has tried to engage the bayne critique on this level issuing a video for out of work americans and telling more stories about regular people on the campaign trail. he hasn't done an effective job fepding off the...
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what's different is that john boehner could not take his own leadership, never mind his own party with him. the question is whether the dynamic in the republican party changes. why would that change, even if they lose this time around. >> you know why it would change? because the guy and women on wall street, say to him, you know what, the economy is going to go up, the bond traders are going to turn on the dollar, things are going to get ugly fast. at some point katty, reality has to set in. >> when it comes to the fiscal cliff that's something they will manage to get fixed in the first three months of next year. when it comes to the bigger things that america needs to do whether where there is going have to be compromise on entitlement reform even if mitt romney gets elected is he going to make the cuts he said he's going to make if he doesn't have the democrats on side? it's hard to see how politically he's going to do that or either side to do that. listen, the days of bill clinton in some era when they had this great compromise, they got a couple things done. it was also the time
what's different is that john boehner could not take his own leadership, never mind his own party with him. the question is whether the dynamic in the republican party changes. why would that change, even if they lose this time around. >> you know why it would change? because the guy and women on wall street, say to him, you know what, the economy is going to go up, the bond traders are going to turn on the dollar, things are going to get ugly fast. at some point katty, reality has to set...
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it's not like the president was hugging and loving on john boehner and they were riding in air force one together. that would have been a story, this is just people doing their job. >> you think about chris christie, i mean -- >> what? >> you should have called charlie crist before he hugged the president. >> okay. >> it's a joke. we're just joking. he did wait for that bruce springsteen hug for a long time. >> mika called this a long time a campaign about nothing. this was the "seinfeld" campaign. in the last two weeks, it became about something serious. the president had a serious job to do and the country watched him perform as the president of the united states, not as a campaigner or spinner or somebody attacking mitt romney. they watched him do his job and now they'll judge whether they liked watching him do his job or not. >> and same with chris christie in new jersey. on the national state level, if the president wins and chris christie does next year, it's a message that working together. not such a bad thing. >> let's get to the national polling in recent weeks which has ba
it's not like the president was hugging and loving on john boehner and they were riding in air force one together. that would have been a story, this is just people doing their job. >> you think about chris christie, i mean -- >> what? >> you should have called charlie crist before he hugged the president. >> okay. >> it's a joke. we're just joking. he did wait for that bruce springsteen hug for a long time. >> mika called this a long time a campaign about...
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>> well, i would say that it isn't that the president and speaker boehner agree on where we ought to be focusing our domestic spending. the president is very clear we shouldn't balance the budget on the backs of the most vulnerable. and clearly worker training is an area where the president is working with the private sector to try to make up for some of those reductions. but one of the things that's important about -- you talk about job creation, home equity is one of the places where people really get the money to start businesses around the country. it's critical not just for sending your kids to college, saving for retirement, but a lot of small businesses are started through home equity. and so one of the things that we are pushing very hard on is making sure that we start to reduce the negative equity that folks have in their home and to allow them to refinance. we have interest rates at the lowest level in half a century, and yet it hasn't provided the same boost to the economy you would typically see, and refinancing is one of the ways to do that. >> thank god for reverse mor
>> well, i would say that it isn't that the president and speaker boehner agree on where we ought to be focusing our domestic spending. the president is very clear we shouldn't balance the budget on the backs of the most vulnerable. and clearly worker training is an area where the president is working with the private sector to try to make up for some of those reductions. but one of the things that's important about -- you talk about job creation, home equity is one of the places where...
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last week it was reported that paul ryan told john boehner not to cut a deal because it would guarantee the president re-election. mitch mcconnell. i could go over the facts over the last four years. i think in that number you see that there has been opposite tackles to the president's plans to change washington. it's not that he hasn't tried it's that there hasn't been a willingness from the other side particularly when the other side is meeting on the day of the president's inauguration to figure out how they're going to defeat him. >> sam? >> there's a data poll that we're denying. 20% of the public don't think either campaign has gone negative yet. you still have public to hit there that you can attack romney and get away with it. it's a pattern that the obama campaign is outraised by the romney company on a month to month basis. a major cash on hand advantage is now a 60 million cash on hand disadvantage. were you expected to get outraised by this much? and two, how has it changed your approach or the campaign's approach going into the last three months? are there states you have t
last week it was reported that paul ryan told john boehner not to cut a deal because it would guarantee the president re-election. mitch mcconnell. i could go over the facts over the last four years. i think in that number you see that there has been opposite tackles to the president's plans to change washington. it's not that he hasn't tried it's that there hasn't been a willingness from the other side particularly when the other side is meeting on the day of the president's inauguration to...
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he played golf with speaker boehner and i'll make you a prediction. i think -- i'll tell you what i thinis really going on and how i think he should see this tax ise. i think the president concluded that if he just gave up one for one more year on the bush tax cuts and dt let them expire that he didn't get a budget deal and that what would happen is after the election facing a budget cliff, will have a very interesting post-election lame duck session of congress, they willid tsicl and productive a budget agreement either in this lame duck session or in the first couple of months of the next year. that's what i think will happen. >> is part of the company every year that drives mika crazy when i talk about how we all sh in the 1990s, workedth itome pretty tough differences. >> we did in 1995. we had a pretty rough '95 eye. >> 95 was an ugly year and a cole of other ugly years. >> the other ugly years we already had a modus opan yookt is accomplished in '98 and '99 and 2000. they were good years. the only desert year we had was '95. >> i talk specifical
he played golf with speaker boehner and i'll make you a prediction. i think -- i'll tell you what i thinis really going on and how i think he should see this tax ise. i think the president concluded that if he just gave up one for one more year on the bush tax cuts and dt let them expire that he didn't get a budget deal and that what would happen is after the election facing a budget cliff, will have a very interesting post-election lame duck session of congress, they willid tsicl and...
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boehner, it's the old majority of the majority type of thing. >> you don't believe though, senator, that this is just one party's fault, do you? >> no. both of them. there is a sentiment still in the senate among some of us, 45, 46 of us who are getting together after simpson bowles, i think we are moving in the right direction towards some sort of interim effort after the election and then a serious effort in the first six months or so of the next year so we don't go into a debt ceiling mess again. >> we've rightly praised you for doing the right thing on the simpson bowles even though there were a lot of items that were objectionable to you. >> there sure were. >> tom coburn did the same thing. saxby b. chandless, nice to see him taking a chance being from georgia. can you explain and peel back, i know you won't be partisan in the middle of a presidential campaign about a vice presidential nominee, but can you explain why paul ryan voted against simple -- simpson boels. i'm sure you felt like paul would take a chance. why did he vote against simpson bowles. >> i think there were three
boehner, it's the old majority of the majority type of thing. >> you don't believe though, senator, that this is just one party's fault, do you? >> no. both of them. there is a sentiment still in the senate among some of us, 45, 46 of us who are getting together after simpson bowles, i think we are moving in the right direction towards some sort of interim effort after the election and then a serious effort in the first six months or so of the next year so we don't go into a debt...
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i don't know what went wrong between him and boehner, but it better go right this time. i don't know who mcconnell who seemed to be the biggest enemy last time now realizes he can't beat the jim demint forces by being negative, he's got to get something done. he's not a right-winger. mcconnell's got to get in play and start being productive. it does take more than the president if he gets reelected. there has to be some good will and that's what i'm hoping coming out this week. a little sense we're all in this together against something we didn't bring about and neither side this bad weather. that's my hope. >> all right. >> that's a new definition of hope. >> that's a good hope to have. to tell you the truth. >> as it compared to four years ago. it makes sense, though. >> i don't think we have any choice moving forward. and we shouldn't -- politicians shouldn't do what they've been doing over the past four years. like chris said, if the president gets reelected, he's got to deal with the republicans, republicans have to deal with him. >> but -- that -- isn't that the on
i don't know what went wrong between him and boehner, but it better go right this time. i don't know who mcconnell who seemed to be the biggest enemy last time now realizes he can't beat the jim demint forces by being negative, he's got to get something done. he's not a right-winger. mcconnell's got to get in play and start being productive. it does take more than the president if he gets reelected. there has to be some good will and that's what i'm hoping coming out this week. a little sense...
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he says he is emotional, he's not john boehner emotional. maybe he needs to showmore of that. i don't know how much real ceos are allowed to put forth sort of what they wish. pain we want our candidates and our presidents to be much more down to earth and we'll see if he gets there. >> romney is this week in parade magazine. >> we have the president and the first lady, so we offered them that stay and so same situation, we sat down with both of them, half hour interview, questions, you know, there's a nice mix between sort of the softer stuff that you know my former colleagues at "people" magazine had asked and more serious stuff including what governor romney sort of basically says that, you know, the president wants to make this a socialist society and the president responds to that. it's a one-two punch for people who aren't necessarily getting this in their local newspapers. it's a way for the nation to kind of on a sunday sort of see, okay, who are these people in and who are their families and what are their values? >> this week the interview, the front cover of parade m
he says he is emotional, he's not john boehner emotional. maybe he needs to showmore of that. i don't know how much real ceos are allowed to put forth sort of what they wish. pain we want our candidates and our presidents to be much more down to earth and we'll see if he gets there. >> romney is this week in parade magazine. >> we have the president and the first lady, so we offered them that stay and so same situation, we sat down with both of them, half hour interview, questions,...
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. >> what strikes me about that, you've seen john boehner say raising the retirement age is okay. i find it fairly uncontroversial. the controversial part is nobody wants to get in the boat until both people get in the boat. and that's the dysfunction of washington right now. >> and i've got to say, mika, you know, people come to me, you know, what i hear, as a republican, as a conservative, is democratic party whose answer to everything, let's just raise taxes on the rich and everything will be fine. 9/11 hit and george bush didn't want to raise taxes. he cut taxes. and everything that happened ten years later, all george w. bush's fault. and now republicans, they could take care of medicare, medicaid, social security, if they just raise taxes on the rich. >> i've never heard that. >> that's all they talk about. barack obama's plan for the next four years is raising taxes on the rich. >> it's not the solution to everything, and i don't think it's being touted as such. >> yes, it is. if you want to talk about equity, fine. but please, raising taxes on the rich have nothing to do w
. >> what strikes me about that, you've seen john boehner say raising the retirement age is okay. i find it fairly uncontroversial. the controversial part is nobody wants to get in the boat until both people get in the boat. and that's the dysfunction of washington right now. >> and i've got to say, mika, you know, people come to me, you know, what i hear, as a republican, as a conservative, is democratic party whose answer to everything, let's just raise taxes on the rich and...
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that drew condemnation of house speaker john boehner. seriously? >> got to do something. >> mitt romney took a break from the cam pan trail to run ordinary errands in wolfboro, new hampshire. i'm sure he just does this all the time. and, oops, there is a camera there. >> you're so cynical. >> yes, he does. >> do you go shopping when you go to nice? you have your help do it. >> will you please stop saying i'm in the south of france. everyone says "how was the south of france?" i know what he picked up. he got some traps to catch some varmins. then it was on the grocery store where the shopping list included caffeine-free diet coke. that's not good for you. greek yogurt, that's good for you. two ears of corn, on sale for two or a dollar. >> you haven't commented on my jack cafferty law. >> hello, jack cafferty. >> i'm mad and i'm going to comment on it. >> are you grumpy? >> yes, i'm grumpy. >> a look at the list of speakers for the republican national convention may help narrow down the vp list. >> al, that's right, right? that narrows it down, righ
that drew condemnation of house speaker john boehner. seriously? >> got to do something. >> mitt romney took a break from the cam pan trail to run ordinary errands in wolfboro, new hampshire. i'm sure he just does this all the time. and, oops, there is a camera there. >> you're so cynical. >> yes, he does. >> do you go shopping when you go to nice? you have your help do it. >> will you please stop saying i'm in the south of france. everyone says "how was...
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>> his budget proposal and last summer in his discussions with john boehner. >> what are you smirking at? >> the budget that got zero vote. >> stop! >> all of these votes are a show of votes, joe. you know that. you are a former congressman. you are a recovering congressman for crying out loud. you understand the game. you understand the game. >> zero votes. >> the question is -- let me ask you a question as a serious question. a serious question. do you believe that we can solve our deficit issues and do the things we need to do as a country without raising revenues anywhere in our budget? >> i think we need to reform the tax code. >> what does that mean, though? in a way that raises revenues? >> yeah. i think at the end of the day, you have a raise revenues. >> i wish you were back in congress. you could have been our ally. >> i wouldn't be an ally to somebody that demagogues health care. i wouldn't be an ally to somebody that allowed deficits to go up a trillion dollars a year. it takes leadership from both sides. paul ryan stuck his nose out on medicare last year. he got killed fo
>> his budget proposal and last summer in his discussions with john boehner. >> what are you smirking at? >> the budget that got zero vote. >> stop! >> all of these votes are a show of votes, joe. you know that. you are a former congressman. you are a recovering congressman for crying out loud. you understand the game. you understand the game. >> zero votes. >> the question is -- let me ask you a question as a serious question. a serious question. do...
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>> yeah, he's broadened it beyond that, and speaker john boehner is among the republicans who have said that's crazy, dangerous thinking and the original call on this by what gingrich is calling the national security five of house republicans did focus on egypt's islamic brotherhood. gingrich is saying, in fact, there should be a broader look at islamic influence in the american government. >> of course, mike, they have expanded it well beyond just hillary clinton's aide. they're now looking at cream abdul jabar and muhammad ali and why they changed their names. >> richard hoss, why, why, why are we spending longer than two seconds talking about -- >> you read the headline in "the new york times" about jihadists now playing a major role in syria. that's a serious issue. the fact that the opposition there is getting radicalized. that's the threat on the streets of damascus and it's something we ought to be paying attention to. this is a distraction. >> how important is that story in "the new york times" today about -- i don't know, al qaeda starting to move in and trying to fill a void i
>> yeah, he's broadened it beyond that, and speaker john boehner is among the republicans who have said that's crazy, dangerous thinking and the original call on this by what gingrich is calling the national security five of house republicans did focus on egypt's islamic brotherhood. gingrich is saying, in fact, there should be a broader look at islamic influence in the american government. >> of course, mike, they have expanded it well beyond just hillary clinton's aide. they're...
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at the end of the day, has your husband come home and said to you, that john boehner, what an idiot? >> it has never happened. never. never. he is always upbeat, particularly about congress. >> good for her. she's funny. >> yeah. she is. >> what? >> she's funny. >> we're going to be right back. >> by the way, we are talking efficiency. let's talk about what we have done with t.j.'s clip. >> the paul ryan montage? >> yeah. you said you were going to skip the middleman. serious. >> get it over with. >> there it is. by the way, we need to give brent and news busters t.j.'s home phone number. >> let's get on the hannity phone call. we'll be back with paul ryan himself. >> great. great. great. >> perfect lead in. i think it's final seconds, ohh, down by two, shoots a three, game over. so two seconds ago... hey mr. and mrs. harris, where's kevin? say hi kevin. hi. mom, put me down. put...the phone...down. hey guys. did you hear... the choys had their baby? so 29 seconds ago. well we should get them a gift. [ choys ] thanks for the gift! [ amy and rob ] you're welcome! you're welcome! [ mal
at the end of the day, has your husband come home and said to you, that john boehner, what an idiot? >> it has never happened. never. never. he is always upbeat, particularly about congress. >> good for her. she's funny. >> yeah. she is. >> what? >> she's funny. >> we're going to be right back. >> by the way, we are talking efficiency. let's talk about what we have done with t.j.'s clip. >> the paul ryan montage? >> yeah. you said you were...
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. >> well, a couple of weeks ago, speaker boehner said that america is not going to fall in love with mitt romney and that is not what this is about. after this week, has america fallen in love with mitt romney? >> i do. particularly ann romney more so, but yeah, i don't think that he was incorrect about that, because i think that people are in love with what romney represents and he can remedy a lot of what is wrong with the country, and hopefully the people got the sense that he's done this his whole life. and he's got the heart to do it, and he is a compassionate person. and he cares about people. and he cares about the country and loves to be an american and the promise of america and he can fix this. >> new england patriot fan sam stein is here. >> no, i'm a new york giant fan. >> sorry, that is worse. >> maybe we should not be on the same panel. >> well, do you have a question? >> two questions. one, why couldn't you convince tim tebow the do the speech instead of clint eastwood -- >> it might have worked. >> and now that you are in election mode, there are fewer restrictions of
. >> well, a couple of weeks ago, speaker boehner said that america is not going to fall in love with mitt romney and that is not what this is about. after this week, has america fallen in love with mitt romney? >> i do. particularly ann romney more so, but yeah, i don't think that he was incorrect about that, because i think that people are in love with what romney represents and he can remedy a lot of what is wrong with the country, and hopefully the people got the sense that he's...
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. >> is john boehner a strong conservative leader? >> i think that he is a conservative across the board. but he doesn't want to confront the president when it comes to the threat of a showdown. everybody knows that in this country. >> you have to do that. >> and i've said that for a year. >> all right. >> congressman king, thank you. if you get some clarity in the next eight hours will you call me? >> i'll call you first. >> thanks very much. >> congressman steve king, thank you so much. coming up next we've got mitt romney. >> all morning. here we go. >> tom brokaw, chris matthews, and eugene robinson. we'll be right back. losing weight clicked for us when we realized we could eat whatever we wanted and still lose weight. weight watchers online was so easy. you look up a food, you eat the food, you track the food. weight -- comes right off. you have lipstick on your teeth. ok. got it. using the recipe builder, i'm making 2 point enchiladas that will blow your mind. together, we lost 71 pounds with weight watchers online. quit dancin
. >> is john boehner a strong conservative leader? >> i think that he is a conservative across the board. but he doesn't want to confront the president when it comes to the threat of a showdown. everybody knows that in this country. >> you have to do that. >> and i've said that for a year. >> all right. >> congressman king, thank you. if you get some clarity in the next eight hours will you call me? >> i'll call you first. >> thanks very much....
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we'll hear remarks from speaker of the house john boehner, former presidential candidate rick santorum, senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire, senate candidate ted cruz and governor nikki haley of south carolina and the night will end with a prime time speech by the candidate's wife ann romney. that should be good. >> yeah. >> first let's go to bill karins, meteorologist bill karins with an update on the hurricane. bill? >> tampa has caught a little bit of a break as you've seen down there, a little windy, a little rainy. this storm is heading towards new orleans and that's the concern that's developed over the weekend and continue to gotten worse. the storm is located off the west coast of florida. still have bands of rain through central florida. still a tornado threat in southern portions of florida during the morning hours today. that's really the only weather concern today. now we turn our attention to what this storm is going to do, trying to redevelop as i speak, trying to strengthen. it has 36 hours to do that. the question is, how strong can isaac get before it moves over the
we'll hear remarks from speaker of the house john boehner, former presidential candidate rick santorum, senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire, senate candidate ted cruz and governor nikki haley of south carolina and the night will end with a prime time speech by the candidate's wife ann romney. that should be good. >> yeah. >> first let's go to bill karins, meteorologist bill karins with an update on the hurricane. bill? >> tampa has caught a little bit of a break as you've...
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boehner is still speaker and the house goes either democratic or republican by one, you're still in the same situation the next four years, so what's going to make the difference? we talked to you about this one on one before. what makes the difference? what is there for americans to believe that democrats and republicans can work together? >> i truly believe that if we can get the deficit and debt issues solved, which i believe we can get done, you know, in the lame duck or in the immediate aftermath of the lame duck, then that clears away a lot of the ideological underbrush. and then, you know, now we can start looking at a whole bunch of other issues that, as i said, historically have not been that ideological. let's take an example. republicans say that i've overregulated. now, the truth is i've put out fewer regulations than george bush did. some were significant. obviously, dodd/frank, welfare -- wall street reform is a big example of that. but i have actually initiated a whole process to look back at all the old regulations to see, are there ones that don't work? that should be a
boehner is still speaker and the house goes either democratic or republican by one, you're still in the same situation the next four years, so what's going to make the difference? we talked to you about this one on one before. what makes the difference? what is there for americans to believe that democrats and republicans can work together? >> i truly believe that if we can get the deficit and debt issues solved, which i believe we can get done, you know, in the lame duck or in the...
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about i got along better with them than the president of the united states gets along with speaker boehner. >> and the results are 47 out of 50. just stay right at 47. 47. >> i don't think that sells. >> and then there's health care. >> you know, george hw bush, remember, against bill clinton, always tried to say arkansas ranks 49th in this and 48th in this. they tried to recreate frankly what bush 41 did to dukakis in the massachusetts miracle. they tried to do it against clinton and it didn't work. i'm skeptical whether going after the massachusetts record would work as well. it's an interesting little conversation we're having. i don't know. it didn't work when republicans tried this to bill clinton in '92. just throwing that out there. >> didn't happen in '92. i remember the commercials of the grim landscape. i have to say, mika, this conversation reminds me of something my grandma told me when i was a young kid, 4 or 5, and she would say, joey, hunting rabbit ain't so fun when the rabbit got the gun. >> you had a wise grandmother. >> i said you're right, grandma. >> she also tell you
about i got along better with them than the president of the united states gets along with speaker boehner. >> and the results are 47 out of 50. just stay right at 47. 47. >> i don't think that sells. >> and then there's health care. >> you know, george hw bush, remember, against bill clinton, always tried to say arkansas ranks 49th in this and 48th in this. they tried to recreate frankly what bush 41 did to dukakis in the massachusetts miracle. they tried to do it...
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. >>> speaker boehner jabs president obama using talking points that seem scripted by the romney campaign. just a coincidence or are the
. >>> speaker boehner jabs president obama using talking points that seem scripted by the romney campaign. just a coincidence or are the